Archives: Authors

Monabi Mitra was born in Calcutta and educated at Loreto House,
Presidency College and Jadavpur University. She teaches English at
Scottish Church College, Calcutta. As the wife of an Indian Police
Service offi cer she has developed a keen interest in police procedure.
This has led to the writing of the DSP Bikram series.

Dr Myra S. White is a Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an award winning instructor in Harvard’s Master of Liberal Arts Management Program. She has a PhD in psychology and a J.D. from Harvard and is an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering. She conducts leadership training programs for international executives and is a former competitive athlete who played on Harvard’s Women’s Ice Hockey Team. In 2010 she was selected Woman of the Year by Harvard Women’s Empowerment Network.

Vrushali Telang from reporting with CNBC TV-18 and NDTV to producing shows for MTV, from freelancing as a screenwriter for films, television, and events to being a columnist with Marie Claire, to now writing novels-Vrushali Telang is on one helluva joyride!

She lives in Mumbai with one husband, one daughter and believes that the bedrock of a strong marriage lies in having one good maid…or maybe two.

She is the author of Can’t Die for Size Zero. He Loves Me Not is her second novel.

Kaushalya Saptharishi works in the publishing industry in India. She holds an MA in Journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is the proud mother of a sprightly six-year-old boy with whom she is rediscovering the small and beautiful moments of life. Her ?rst novel was The TamBrahm Bride. She can be reached at: Kausalya.Saptharishi@gmail.com

Tsering Wangmo Dhompa’s parents fled Tibet in 1959 and she was raised in India and Nepal by her mother. She has published three collections of poetry and two chap books. A Home in Tibet is her first full-length book.

Anjana Narayan is an assistant professor at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Her areas of interest include ethnicity, gender and migration. She is the co-author of Living Our Religions: Hindu and Muslim South Asian-American Women Narrate Their Experiences (2009) and co-editor of Research beyond Borders: Interdisciplinary Reflections (2012). She received her doctorate in sociology from the University of Connecticut and a postgraduate degree in social work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai.

Tara Sethia (Ed) (Author)
Tara Sethia is a professor of history and the founding director of the
Ahimsa Center at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
She led the task of establishing on campus the degree programme for
an interdisciplinary minor in Nonviolence Studies. She teaches Indian
history and core courses in the Nonviolence Studies programme and
directs summer institutes for K-12 teachers. She is the author of
Gandhi: Pioneer of Nonviolent Social Change (2012) and has edited Ahimsa,
Anekanta and Jainism (2004). She received her doctorate in history from
the University of California, Los Angeles.

Anjana Narayan (Ed) (Author)
Anjana Narayan is an assistant professor at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Her areas of interest include ethnicity, gender and migration. She is the co-author of Living Our Religions: Hindu and Muslim South Asian-American Women Narrate Their Experiences (2009) and co-editor of Research beyond Borders: Interdisciplinary Reflections (2012). She received her doctorate in sociology from the University of Connecticut and a postgraduate degree in social work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai.